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Re: Jensen steam boiler explosion?
« on: February 15, 2024, 01:45:14 am »
Somebody needs to do a hydrostatic test on an old boiler to “fail" pressure and give us some data. I hydrostatic test my wilesco’s to 80 psi that’s about 150% of operating pressure. Never popped one yet. I’ve never seen any data on failure pressure (probably a good thing too?)
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